Jesus Won’t Leave This Fort Worth Girl For Someone in Dallas
- Norine
- Sep 13, 2018
- 2 min read
My daughter is in seventh grade. Seventh grade in Texas means Texas History.
I took it in seventh grade too. But my teacher did not give me the assignment my daughter’s teacher did: to look up songs that mention Texas. What a blast for my girls and this girl, who grew up in Arlington and Fort Worth!
“Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind,” “Amarillo By Morning” and “All My Exes Live in Texas” have pretty much nothing to do with Texas, except the mention of certain cities. Sometimes I wonder if musicians add these to strengthen their regional fan bases. If it was a trick, I’m sold.
“The Chair” has nothing to do with Texas either. But this song, featuring a series of remarkably successful pick up lines, has me sold too. “Why, hello, George Strait, with your white hat and white teeth. Of course, you can buy me a drink and ask me to dance!” I’m supplying the apparent responses, as the song only mentions his part. But the bad pick up lines work because of the one who’s saying them. Am I right? He’s adorable!
My girls and I have been singing “This is Where the Cowboy Rides Away” for several days now, and I’m taken in by more than just the charm of the music and the country get up. I am remembering that the time I listened to these songs years ago was a period of loneliness for me. I was especially sold into the thought of feeling rejected, hanging out alone and drowning sorrows (although I was certainly not drinking beer in bars while I was in high school!).
Listening to the music now, loneliness didn’t win. I have a husband (who has never worn a cowboy hat, alas) and two kids. But also, I have Jesus in a much more profound way. I’ll never have to drown out my sorrows anywhere if I have Him. He won’t leave this Fort Worth girl for someone else’s arms in Dallas. He won’t forget me because he’s chasing eight seconds on some bull in the Amarillo County Fair. Jesus, though not wearing a hat, can buy me a drink (wine?) whenever He wants.
Loneliness didn’t win. I’m singing those old songs of love lost surrounded by the love of my family and Jesus, who is even more adorable than George Strait.
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